United Tests SITA Biometric Technology for Domestic Flights

United Airways is testing a low-touch biometric expertise for home flights out of San Francisco Worldwide Airport.

The service is utilizing SITA’s Sensible Path, with which passengers can hyperlink their driver’s license to their facial biometric after they verify in and cross by bag drop, safety and boarding with a face scan. SITA reported that greater than half of worldwide flights out of SFO have been boarded utilizing biometrics final yr, however the firm claims United’s trial is the primary take a look at overlaying check-in to boarding on home flights in the US.

A number of airports world wide are utilizing SITA Sensible Path know-how, together with Miami, Athens, Doha, Orlando and Beijing Capital Worldwide.